Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CORONEL
Noun
coronel (plural coronels)
The head of a spear; a cronel.
Obsolete form of colonel.
Anagrams
• coloner
Etymology
Proper noun
Coronel (plural Coronels)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Coronel is the 4582nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7745 individuals. Coronel is most common among Hispanic/Latino (85.5%) individuals.
Anagrams
• coloner
Source: Wiktionary
Coro"nel (kr"nel), n. Etym: [See Colonel.]
Definition: A colonel. [Obs.] Spenser.
Cor"o*nel (kr"-nl or kr"nl), n. Etym: [Cf. Cronel, Crown.] (Anc. Armor)
Definition: The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points. [Written also cronel.] Grose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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